How Staylistening at Drop-Off Can Relieve Separation Anxiety

„Occasionally, since he started kindergarten, my middle son has cried, clung to me and asked me not to leave.

His separation anxiety would last for two or three days in a row and I felt quite sad about it and helpless about supporting him. All I could think of to do was to extract myself with as few tears as possible, but that was distressing him even more and it felt very painful for me.”

This is the story of how I staylistened to my son and how I connected with him in a what seemed to me an impossible context.